Korean Hangul is more robust to a serial bottleneck: Co-occurring and semantically related Korean words can be processed in parallel.

IF 3.7 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI:10.1037/xge0001778

Sang-Ah Yoo,Sung Jun Joo

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Abstract

Can readers process multiple words simultaneously, and are there cultural differences in attentional bottleneck in lexical processing? To answer these questions, we asked participants to view two words and categorize only one (single-task) or both words (dual-task), using Korean word pairs that frequently co-occur and are semantically related. We hypothesized that the coactivation of related words could facilitate lexical processing, and that the unique characteristics of Korean Hangul, such as its shallow orthographic depth and clear-cut syllabic boundaries, would enhance this effect. The results suggest that Korean Hangul is more robust to a serial processing bottleneck. Unlike the previous findings in English, independent or unrelated Korean word pairs were not processed in a strictly serial manner. Furthermore, the results for co-occurring and semantically related words supported the parallel processing model. Interestingly, for regularly co-occurring words, accuracy for one word increased if the participant was also correct about the other. These findings suggest that the relation between the words and the properties of writing systems should be considered in the long-standing serial versus parallel debate in reading research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved).

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韩文对串行瓶颈的鲁棒性更强：同时出现的和语义相关的韩文单词可以并行处理。

读者是否能同时处理多个单词，词汇加工中的注意瓶颈是否存在文化差异？为了回答这些问题，我们要求参与者查看两个单词，并使用经常同时出现且语义相关的韩语单词对，只对其中一个（单任务）或两个单词（双任务）进行分类。我们假设相关词的共激活可以促进词汇加工，而韩国语的独特特征，如浅的正字法深度和清晰的音节边界，会增强这种效果。结果表明，韩文对串行处理瓶颈具有更强的鲁棒性。与之前在英语中发现的结果不同，独立或不相关的韩国语单词对没有被严格地按顺序处理。此外，共现词和语义相关词的结果支持并行处理模型。有趣的是，对于经常出现的单词，如果参与者对另一个单词也正确，那么对一个单词的准确性就会提高。这些发现表明，单词和书写系统属性之间的关系应该在阅读研究中长期存在的串行与并行争论中得到考虑。（PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA，版权所有）。

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Journal of Experimental Psychology: General PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

4.90%

发文量

300

期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Psychology: General publishes articles describing empirical work that bridges the traditional interests of two or more communities of psychology. The work may touch on issues dealt with in JEP: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, JEP: Human Perception and Performance, JEP: Animal Behavior Processes, or JEP: Applied, but may also concern issues in other subdisciplines of psychology, including social processes, developmental processes, psychopathology, neuroscience, or computational modeling. Articles in JEP: General may be longer than the usual journal publication if necessary, but shorter articles that bridge subdisciplines will also be considered.